Student Voice/Leadership

All students are encouraged to develop their leadership potential and to demonstrate the growing self-awareness, confidence and skills required to serve others.

Opportunities to lead peers occur formally and informally in the classroom, and through our co-curricular and service programs. Students are trained to understand the importance of responsibility and duty, and to demonstrate:

a leadership mindset

positive role modeling

collaboration

communication, negotiation, influencing and administration skills

the ability to enable and inspire others.

At Essendon Keilor College, students are empowered to actively participate in the college decision-making processes through the Student Representative Council (SRC). Students offer opinions, raise concerns, discuss issues, review policies and practices, and influence outcomes that impact their learning and school experience. We value the improvements that result from this interaction in collaboration with the campus principals.

The Essendon Keilor College SRC, with Years 7-12 membership, meets twice each term.

This provides the opportunity for discussing and influencing whole school matters.

”As students we really know that our voices are heard. Our opinions are welcome, and whenever possible what we suggest is quickly adopted. Whether big or small changes happen we feel valued and our school experience is better.